How to Use contributor in a Sentence

contributor

noun
  • Property crime has been the largest contributor to the increase in total crime rates.
    Jovi Dai, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
  • The odds that the 36-year-old is going to be a contributor on the next good Jazz team are just vanishingly small.
    Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 Oct. 2022
  • Linebacker Isaiah Simmons was a huge contributor to the victory with one of two pick 6s.
    Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2022
  • Transportation is the biggest contributor to US greenhouse gas emissions, and the shift from gasoline to electric cars will play a key role in the fight against climate change.
    CNN, 20 Oct. 2022
  • Van Ginkel is arguably Miami's most important special teams contributor.
    Joe Schad, USA TODAY, 7 Nov. 2022
  • Ranching is a significant contributor to global warming.
    Hiroko Tabuchi, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2022
  • And there are still 26 days to go for more contributors to weigh in.
    Lawrence Specker | , al, 25 Apr. 2023
  • And that, studies have found, is a key contributor to a healthy, longer life.
    Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 13 Nov. 2022
  • In March 2021, Lara joined Fox News as a paid contributor.
    Jessica Sager, Peoplemag, 12 Mar. 2024
  • Senior libero Nate Carter is the lone contributor from the state-runner-up team.
    Nate Marrero, Orlando Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Each year our staff and contributors round up their best gift ideas for cooks, eaters, and the kitchen-curious.
    Noah Kaufman, Bon Appétit, 20 Sep. 2024
  • Housing has been the No. 1 contributor to still-high inflation in the U.S.
    Justin Lahart, WSJ, 22 June 2023
  • The Reds have had a rotating cast of key contributors who have stepped up during the team’s best stretch of baseball since 2021.
    Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 1 June 2023
  • All contributors are listed at the bottom of this page.
    Hyphensocial Contributors, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2024
  • The second biggest group of contributors to Schiff have been lawyers and law firms, at $1.7 million.
    David Lightman, Sacramento Bee, 2 Mar. 2024
  • West will be enshrined for a third time later this year as a contributor.
    Amy Maetzold, CBS News, 12 June 2024
  • Price’s own employees were among the largest contributors to the group seeking to keep her in office.
    Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 2 Feb. 2024
  • Legge, a transfer from Howard, and Shanley will be key contributors in the midfield.
    Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 2 Sep. 2023
  • Having too much to do is a major contributor to burnout.
    Holly Burkett, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2022
  • With the new Notes on Media option, contributors can flag images as well as text.
    Marco Marcelline, PCMAG, 31 May 2023
  • Carson Ward was a big contributor with nine points and nine rebounds.
    John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Birch Gold started in 2003 and has been a strong contributor to the precious metal industry for a while now.
    Omni Corp, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 Nov. 2022
  • Saira Mueller, one of our gaming contributors, admonished me about that in the office the other day.
    Michael Calore, WIRED, 21 Dec. 2023
  • For the first time in Nicaragua’s history, the small nation of 6.5 million is a major contributor to the mass of people trekking to the U.S. southern border.
    Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 27 Dec. 2022
  • He's been a consistent contributor to the Cardinals' defense but has picked up steam over the last month.
    Ryan Black, The Courier-Journal, 23 Nov. 2022
  • Many of the series’ contributors talked to VIBE about the importance of having a piece of media that acknowledges how far the league has come.
    Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 27 Sep. 2024
  • Since, however, the redshirt freshman has been a key contributor for the Huskies.
    Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 24 Jan. 2023
  • Spencer says the contributors were happy to work on an album of which all proceeds will go to Price’s family.
    Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 13 Aug. 2024
  • Animals are the theme of this year’s archive issue, which celebrates the work of New Yorker contributors across the years.
    Françoise Mouly, The New Yorker, 28 Aug. 2023
  • By emphasizing strong relationship-building and collaboration skills, external candidates can make a compelling case that engenders the trust required to work with new colleagues and become strong contributors.
    Gina Riley, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024

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